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1855.
• column, the reader
the Native American
i their Organ published at
i city. It affords us a pleasure in
to aid in the publicity of this plat-
0, been an ob-
t misrepresentation, secondly,
after tuith may
data from which, after a
inferential opinion
may be deduced,
the ca*
‘ '
this department has bow managed, It
would bo found in the fact that several other
Monthlies are now apoing the Kulckerbockorin
this respect The Jan. No. is the first of voL
45. Now is tho time to subscribe. By Inclos*
ing “$5,00 to G. L. Dbrbt, Actuary Ac.,
Knickerbocker Office N. V., if His received be
fore tho 30th inst, one will bo entitled to a mem
bership in the Cosmopolitan Art Association
which secure# him a ticket in a lottery of over
200 prises, among which is the Iambus statue
of Powers* Greek Slave, together with other
fine statue and statuettes in Marble and Bronso,
and a largo numdor of splendid Oil Paintings.
The $3,00 also pays fir the Knickerbocker one
year, ao one Is sure of a full equivalent tor hit
money iu the Magazine—and has a chance in
the Lottery.
both
Arkaxsae Moxav.—A bill ha* passed
t0 . houses of the Arkansas Legislature prohibiting
the Circulation of bank notes of a less denom-
of vague conjecture
design and object of
modue o/wtruii, have
the garb of secrecy, has raised
who otherwise might have
t supporters. Mlsropresinta-
i been the consequent result
instead of settled realities have
i tho credulity of
lasroelationshas de
ask
out of Nazareth?”
i of people who more
dad-
the Know-Nothings are
i to public
inferred, that all those
i have been quietened by
, will be again restored
i eqvmoitam.
s evident to everyone who claims
’ ordinary discernment; that
liaee are gtadaally feting out
i which originated them are no long-
of fbrencsic disputation. The
which has long been agitated
> of constant trepidation, ie
io the truth Oat the greater evils
he overcome only by snp-
ones which are conducive
Wit the principles
American Party engrossed the
• people more fully at an earlier
t be asserted with some plausibU.-
e civil dissension which has
ithe country for the past few years
obviated. The premature
of foreigners in the Northern
been aa instrument to promote the
i of abolitionism. Not one in a
immigrants to this country seeks
> South, where he could follow Ms
1 pursuits to a far greater pecuniary
»than in the North where competition
the value of labor. Had we no
, this alone is sufficient to justify
i of the anti-slavery opinions
by the newly arrived foreigner.
ew any Ameri-
iaatton than fire dollars.
welcome to our sanctum the first
number of Col. Dodd's new paper “The
Southern Statesman** published at Calhoun.
It is a finely printed sheet of respectable
rise. We congratulate the Col. on being ao
liberally patronised by his old friends in this
Motion, and sincerely hope his efforts may bo
crowned with the highest success.
:—
JEW* Mr, G. W. Wilkinson has recently o*>
mimed the Editorial charge of the Organ, pub
lished at Hamilton. Wo congratulate oar old
friend on his deserved promotion. He is
fearless advocate of whatever he thinks to be
right. The Organ is a small sheet, hat one
which deserves a good patronage. Success at'
tend it
Tmt Southern Banner.—Wo see that Dr.
A. A. Fsarus Hill, late of the U. S. Navy,
has become co-Editor and Proprietor of this
interesting sheet Wo cordially weloomo Dr.
Hill to the Ed tonal Corps.
The Steamer Georgia—Capt Moody arrived
at the Wharf in this place on Saturday evening.
> attempt to arrest
evil at war with the eonsti-
our government
itiy been alleged that the
Know Nothing organization is only Wbiggery
in disguise. If the principles of the order be
sneh as set forth in the article alluded to, (and
we have no reason to doubt they are) such an
allegation is an encomium of which any patri
otic party might well be proud. The tenets of
this new’order are by no means incompatible
with either whig or democratic principles.—
They are soeh as every American should foster
herish in common.
E GECHO!A AND ALABAMA RAIL ROAD.
b prospect indicative of the success of an en-
ise. could be more flattering than that of
Commenced at a time when
embarrassments would naturally
public liberality, the project of construc
ting a road from Rome to Jacksonville has re
ceived much more encouragement in this see*
than could reasonably have been anticipa-
With a bonus of more than $200,000 al
ready subscribed, there is no possible chance
'a failure whatever, unless the people on the
prove delinquent. It has been
a source of some surprise to os, that so much
has already been achieved with so little
talk or excitement Attention is directed to
the call of the Directors in another column for
an instcliment of five per cent on the stock sub
scribed- This looks like going ahead.
The election of city officers came off
’ >. It resulted in the choice of
JAMES 3L SUMTER, Mayor, :
S- Foccse, ' A- G. Pitsed,
J. H. McClcnc, C.T. CcmsGBAX,
T. C. Chahpb, Wb. Ketchah.
This ticket was elected with very little oppo
sition. The unanimity of our citizens in the
choice of their candidates speaks well in their
We inadvertently omitted in our last issue,
i insert the following notice. As a gentleman
Mr. 3frERS deservedly stands high,
wwregretto lose bim from our midst Our
is that (he Office is paying well, and
that a suitable man can make a proflitable in-
Mr. Myers’ inter-
JSWTire “Jacksonville Republican”
We refer our citizens to the advertisement of
Mr. Grant in another column. It will be seen
that he offers excellent opportunities to oar bu-
rinere men in the matter of advertising. The
Republican is a well eondneied and printed
paper and has a eeroulation which enhances its
value as an advertising medium.
^3"^ Horace Waters, the great Music Pub
lisher, Manufacturer, and Dealer in Piano
Fortes, No. 333 Broadway, New York, has sent'
us the following sheets of popular Musie pub
lished by him : «* tin Rusk of Waters,** “Bird-
ling mg Messenger," and“The Sparkling Polka,”
Mr. Waters will present as a 'New Year’s
Gtrr for 1S55 One Dollar's worth of Music, to
be ‘selected from his extensive and popular
catalogue, to all who purchase of him the same
amount previous to t)ie 25th of January, and
will forward both Gift and Purchase post paid*
A most liberal offer! Ono, however, character
istic of the great Publisher and Dealer, and of
which wo would advise our readers by all means
to avail themselves.
(will sell his in-
on good terms- - A
large port of the office is nearly ne w, and the in
come is large. A desire to change my location
aad hmhMss induces ms to make this ennotrooe-
menu A. O. MYEBS.
J33~0n the 22d proximo a Prohibition Con-
rention will be held at Atlanta in eoenrrcnce
with the follouin _• resolution passed on the 24lh
October ’art.
“ Resdbted, That the friend* of Prohibitory
Legislation in each County of Georgia he re
quested to send Delegates tc a Convention to be
||g held in Atlanta on the twenty-second of Felrn
art), 1835, for the purpose of nominating a suit
able person for Governor at the next election."
p&'lht “Scientific and Industrial Institute"
will be opened for the reception of Students on
Monday the 29th Inst
fi&r Mr. K. S. Smstoxa is now prepared to
accommodate any and all who desire blacksmith-
jug done in prompt and workmanlike style.—
Mr. Simons, as a man of industry, and of un
usual experience in mechanism, can justly lay
claim to an extensive patronage. We cordially
commend bim to tho favorable consideration of
the public. His advertisement may be found
by reference to another column.
Kk^mex^ockeh Magazine.—The January
niimbar of this reliable Monthly is on our ta
ble. We take unfeigned pleasure in recom
mending it, believing it to bo the best collection
of original American Literature now being pub
lished. The Editor’s table is always good ;
there is such an air of purity and goodness
pervading it, with humor and fine sentiment
that lovers of literature eannot fail to be pleas
ed with it. The Editor’s Table has long been a
department in this Magazine, and if evidence
was required to establish the great success with
Re-arrested.—David Wright who had been
indicted for the murder of Robinson and con
fined in Columbus jail having made his escape
a few weeks since was rt-airested, after a des
perate straggle in West Florida, and brought
back to Columbus by Mr. Robert Simons.
The hoube of Mr. C. Pryor of Colnmbns was
broken into on the night of the 7th. inst. and
money stolon therefrom to the amonnt of Five
Hundred Dollars. A negro belonging to Mr.
John Smith was suspicioned, arrested, and on
examination confessed the theft.
The Chattahoochee has risen slightly bnt
but not sufficiently to warrant permanent boat
ing from Columbus.—The Cusseta left there on
the 7th.
The Governor and upwards of two-thirds
of the members of the New York Legislature
are in favor of a prohibitory liquor law.
Conrad Bush, a revolutionary soldier, who
lately died at Pompey, Onandaga county,* N. Y.,
was one hundred and two years old.
htRtnruao the jalior, Who was the chief
witneae against Prot Webster the murderer of
Dr. Parkman in Boston, has became insane.
Ex-Governor Morehbad, of Kentucky, di
ed at his residencein Covington, on the 28th nit.
aged 57 years.
Thb Rev. Josiah Goddard, an eminent Bap
tist Missionary dicti recently at Nangpoo, Chi
na.
At Montevideo, South America, it is said
that they sew up their prion era closely in a wet
hide, leaving oat the head and neck only, and
then lay him on tho ground in the son to* dry.
In the process of drying, under the powerful
effects of the son, the hide becomes contracted,
and prodaees the most excruciating death.
Thb Erie Difficulties had been renewed,
and that bridge which ought tp be in the way
of all peaceable persons wishing to cross the
river, has again been doomed by the fillibusters
of that place, to be pot out of the way.
The Know-Nothings nr Miss.—Tb'o charge
has been satisfactorily sustained, “that they
intend if they get into power to redeem the
honor of the State by a payment in fall of the
repudiated bonds.” The Democratic papers,
appeal loudly to the Ala. line Democracy to
stand to their colors," to wit. Repudiation-
Pensioners.—Three hundred and twenty-six
Revolutionary pensioners died daring the past
year. The number now on the pension roll is
one thousand and sixty.
Am Exglishnan's "Banner."—Sir Charles
Napier is a candidate for Parliament. ■ His
“Platform is tnuUum in Parvo.—“War to the
knife with Russia—extensive reform—vote by
ballot—short Parliaments—and general educa
tion.
Between eleven and twelve thousand emi
grant passengers arrived at New York oi
Thursday 20th alt.
Mb. Webster’s Estate.—The Executors have
asked leave to sell as much of his real estate
as shall raise the sum of $102,206,72 for the
payment of all debts and incumbrances thoreon
Some of the drifts made by the late snow
storm on the Boston Railroad were over fifty
feet high. It took three locomotive to knock
their beads off.
A Parisian modiste has Invented a new way
of making ladies' dresses, by which she etui
cut, fit, and complete a dress in one hour.
Thb Infant Drdmner.—This Georgia prod
igy visited the White House a short time since
and played some of his most favorite airs. The
President and his lady both expressed them
selves highly pleased with the performances,
and Mrs. Pierce gave him a token of remem
brance.
Collision.—A collision occurred on the Cen
tral Rail Road Thursday night tho 4th inst. by
the passenger trains a little above Milieu
Both locomotives together with tbo cars of both
trains were seriously injured. A fireman is said
to have boon killed.
It has been found possible to telegraph in
opposite directions simultaneously on tho samo
wire.
Tho Detroit Tribuno says all tho Mechanics
and shop hands of the Michigan Central Rail
Road are working on three-quarter time this
winter—there not being work at full.time for all.
Tho Govcrnmont Stock Bark of Michigan
has made a bad failure. According to the Do-
trett Tribune, its liabilities are $130,000, with
less than a fourth of that sum to meet them.
Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, already tbs conduc
tor of his own Magazine and the New Monthly,
has taken Bentley's Miscellany nnder bis direc
tion.
Wo oheerve that tho Directors of the New
Haven Railroad Company hrve offered $3,000
reward for the apprehension of Robert Schuy
ler.
From the Unitarian Register, for the year
1533, we learn that there are in the United
States 5;.l Unitarian ministers, of whom 67 ms
without a settled ministry. There are 2«2 Uni
fa- lan congregations, of which 164 are in Mas-
•achnsols.
Savnnah, Alban r and Gulf R. R.—From
the report of the President of this road, James
P. Screven, in answer to In ton-oratorios by the
Council of Savannah, we glean the following:
“44 miles are under contract for grading, Ac.,
payable mostly in city bonds and stock of the
oompeny, to be completed by Jan. 1637. The
total number of shares subscribed 13025. The
amount subscribed by indiuiduala is $302,-
300. The No. of shares which have not paid
the first instalment is 1020. Amount paid by
individuals on first Instalment $10,140. Amount
paid in foil J0,700. Eight miles of grading and
all the small bridges east of Little Ogeehee are
completed. The road is reported to bo pro
gressing slowly hut surely, with good prospects
ahead.
In the “Whig Reveries," of the 8avannah
Republican we find the following:
“ And who shall be our leader in the next
Gnbe v nntorial contest ? My mind looks to the
Hon. Asbury Hull, of Athens. A man of cornet
principle* in private and public life, son of the
noble and devout Hopo Hull, the founder of
Methodism in Georgia,—he is himself a man of
lofty patriotism, intelligence and political fore
cast, with none ofthat paltry political quibbling
dogmatics, of which we have all seen too mneb
in these latter times. With such a standard
bearer as Asbury.Hull, the Whigs of Georgia
can march on to honor and victory." %
In despatches from Jefferson City, we find
the following: '
In the Senate, Mr. McCracken (anti-Benton*
ie) was elected Secretary, and in the House,
Wm. Nowland (whig) was elected Speaker,
twenty of the Benton men voting for him.
The Governor’s message had not been deliv
ered at the date of the despatches.
The Whig members of the House have adopt*
ed a platform, in which’ they discountenance,
in every way, the efforts of the freo soilers and
abolitionists to continue the agitation of slavery
in Congress, or out of it; and they declare they
will not vote for any persow for Senator who is
not favorable to the Nebraska bill and opposed
to its repeal.
Of 13^32 votes recently given in the eity of
Mexico, only seven were against Santa Anna’s
eoutinnance in power. The seven, it is said,
were sent to prison.
The New. York underwriters lately paid four
hundred and forty thousand dollars, on five
missing ships.
Mr. J. S. Richardson, the inventor of the
Atmosphereio Telegraph, is again before Con
gress with his invention, and Mr. Mallary, of
Fla^ in behalf of the Special Committee of the
Senate, has recommended on 'appropriation to
test its utility. The Senate seem convinced,
and porpose to give it a trial on the rente be
tween Baltimore and Washington.
Conviction and Sentence.—The brothers
James and Newton Vickers, recently tried in
York Diat, S. C. were sentenced to he hang on
the 29th ult. One having been recommended
as a fit subject for exeentive interference, has
been pardoned by Gov. Manning, bat will re
main in Jail till November next
The Burns Rendition at Boston.—The
snm of $13,115 78, received at Boston from tho
United States Government has been distributed
among the various military companies of that
city for service rendered on the occasion of the
rendition of the slave Anthony Barns.
The Savannah Journal <k Courier has passed
into the bands of B. B. Hilton, Esq., late editor
of the Georgian, and J. B. Cubbed ge of the
Journal A Courier office. Its publication was
resumed on the 8th inst
John Mitchell, Esq., has withdrawn from the
Citizen, pnblished in N. Y. He will still contin
ue to write for that paper, but always under his
own signature. *
A Poor House Opened with a Ball.—
Anew Poor House in Cook Co., HI., was re
cently inaugurated by a grand baiL If it is
like other poor-houses it will be subject to
bawls occasionally.
Charles Sigourney, Esq., one of the oldest and
most highly respected merchants “of Hartford,
Ct, died very suddenly on Sunday afternoon.—
•He was the husband of Mrs. Sigourney, the
poetess.
A High Price.—The Red River is so low
that the freight on Cotton .has risen to/ $5 a
bale.
An Exchange says ■ Rev. Dr. Adams’ book
entitled “ South Side View of Slavery," is likes
ly to do immense good in disseminating/acts
concerning the true* condition of the Southern
Slaves. A Boston correspo: dent of the Salem
Register concludes some comments on the work
by saying“ With all my detestation of slave
ry, I never thought myself a fanatic on the snb-
ect until now, Bnt who of ns Is not?"
Murder in New Orleans.—On the 6th inst
a man named J. M. Oherwas shot by another
named Hague, and mortally wonnded. They
were both co.ol dealers, and the deed was corns
mittod in a coal office opposite the St Charles
Hotel.
Manslaughter in St. Louis.—A / boy named
Bauer shot and killed a little girl named Mar
garet Matfggerth. He was held to bail in the
snm of $500. The deed woi perpetrated on
Christinas morning.
Fire nr Atlanta.—The principal loosers by
the fire which occurred on the 7th inst. are
Shackelford A McDaniel, Auctioneers, $4000
Axel Howard, Cutlery, Ac. from 8000 to 5000.—
These .firms had no insurance, tho other large
losers were insured to nearly, tho full value.—
Only ono building was bnrnt
A despatch dated at Wasnington last Satur
day, states that a captain of volunteers in the
Mexican war, is in that eity enlisting recruits
For the Kenney Central American expedition.
Many young men were preparing to join, they
received a bounty of fif y dollars in advance.
Masonic Convention.—The masonio Con
vention at Washington adjourned on .Tuesday
evoning lost Wo learn from the Sentinel that
they adopted a plan, which, if approved by
twenty or more of the Grand Lodges of the
United States, will establish a confederation
to which nrty difficulties originating among the
Brotherhood in any mosdnicjurisdlction can be
referred for settlement.
AHOTuen.FiRB nr Atlanta.—The fine resi
dence of Mr. Joseph Winship was consumed on
the morning of the 10th. Losq $8000, no Jn<
suranco. Supposod to bo the work of on ineon-
diary.
the
Know Nothing Political Intelligence.
A special session of tho Grand Connoil of t
StatoofNow York is now in session at Odd
Fellows’ Hall, in tills city. Tbo call of this ex
tra session, we learn, was made io possess tho
subordinate*Councils of this State of the now
ritual and work adopted by tho lato Grand Na
tional Convention recently nssemblodin Cincin
nati. T?he new ritual work, it is said, is far
more national in its tone and imposing in its
__ ominontiy
national in Us tone and design, being in fact
purely, a national degreo—ft uuton of tho North
and South, East nud West Tho delegates in
attendance on tho State Grand Connell number
from twelve to fifteen hundred, and are rapidly
augmenting in number by ovenr train and
etoamhoet. The sossion will probably lastthreo
or Tour days, as Ij is generally understood that
the famous “test resolutions" enacted at the
last session will either bo much modified or re
pealed altogether.
We learn f.om a reliable source theta State
Legislative Connoil wae Inaugnreted during the
? iet week, by tho Grand President of the New
ork State Connell. Its President, a Senator
from this eity, and all its officers and members,
are throughly anti-Seward. The design in in-
stunting this Council, we presume, was to units
and concentrate into one solid body all tbo ele
ments of opposition to Seward, whieb, we lean,
are sufficiently potent, it so ooneentrated, to
insure his dofeut.—A’sw York Herald.
From the Southern Recorder.
Prluclptca etIhoKBew-Noihlngs
As the discussion of this mysterious subject
has at length reaohod Congress, and has there
fore become a matter of general interest, wo
copy the following from the “American Organ,"
pnblished at Wasnington City, and which as
sumes to be the exponent of the Order in the
United States:
OUR PRINCIPLE!!.
Firtt. We shall advocate a repeal of the laws
of naturalization, or if that cannot be accom
plished then such a modification of those laws,
as will prevent future imigrants from becoming
citizens, short ofarestdence of twenty-one years
after taking the oath of allegiance to the Uni
ted States, and ofabjuraiton of all other pow
ers, potentates, and princes.
SecoifS. We shall advocate the passage of a
stringent law by Congress to prevent the emi
gration hither of foreigners, who are ettherpau-
pere or criminate, and to send back to the coun
tries from which they come, all sueA foreigners
of these classes us may, in violation of snob law,
hereafter roach onr ports ; and to require the
President of the United States to demand any
government, which may send^tber such class
es of its subjects, immediate cm ample eatitfac
tion for tuch outi age, and a proper indemnity
against the repetition thereof
Third. We shall oppose the election or ap
pointment of any foreign-bom citizen to any
office of trust, honor or emolument,' under the
Federal or State governments, or the employ
ment or enlistment of sneh persons in the army
or navy in time of tear; maintaining, as we
do the opinion, that the native-born citizens of
the United States have the right to govern the
land of their birth; and that all immigrants
from abroad shoald be content with the enjoy
ment of life, liberty and property nnder onr in
stitutions, without seeking to participate in the
enaction, administration, or execution of onr
laws.
Fourth. We shall advocate and urge the a-
doption of such an amended form of an oath to
eupport the Conttitution of the United Statee,
and to be administered to all persons elected or
appointed to any office of trust, honor, or emol
ument, nnder the Federal State governments,
as will effectually exclude from such offices all
pereone, who shall not directly-and explieity,
recognise the obligations and binding force of
the Constitution of the United States, as para
mount to ail obligations of adhesion or allegi
ance to any foreign prince, power, potentate,
or authority whatever, nnder any and all circum*
stances. '
Fifth. We shall maintain the doctrine that
no one of the States of this Union has tho right
to admit to the eqjoyment of free euffrage nay
person of foreign birth, who has not been firtt
made a citizen of the United States, according
to the "uniform rule” ofnatnraiization prescri
bed by Congress, under the provisions of the
constitution. • -
Sixth. We shall oppose now and hereafter,
any “unionof any Church and State,” no matter
what class of religionists shall seek to bring
about sneh union.
Seventh. We shall vigorously maintain the
vested rights of all persons, of native or foreign
birth, and shall at all times oppose the slightest
interference with such vested rights.
Eighth. We shall oppose and protest against
all abridgment of Religions liberty, holding it
a cardinal maxim, that Religious faith is a
question between each individual and his God,
and over which no political government, or
other human power, can rightfully exercise any
supervision or control, at any time, in any place,
or in any lorm*
Ninth. We oppose all “higherlaw” doctrines,
by which the Constitution is to be set at naught^
violated, or disregarded, whether by politicians,
by religionists, or by the adherents or followers
of either, or by any other class of persons.
Tenth. We shall maintain and defend the
Constitution as it stands, the Union as it exists,
and the rights of the State, without diminution
as guaranteed thereby; opposing at all times,
and to the extent of onr ability and influence, all
who may assail them, or either of them. ' *
Eleventh. We shall oppose no man, and sus
tain no man, »*» the ground of his opposition to,
or his support of Democratic measures, or Whig
measures; but we shall oppose those who op
pose our doctrines, and sustain those who sus
tain our doctrines.
Twelfth, And lastly, we shall nse onr utmost
exertions to build an “American party” whose
maxim shall be :
Americans shall rale their country !
The Georgian Ann Know-Nothingisv.—
We take the following paragraph from the
Georgian of yesterday:
“We are not surprised to find Charles Sum-
ner, in his place in the Senate, presenting a pe
tition of citizens of Massachusetts, praying
Congress to impose a per eapitem tax.of not less
than $250 on emigrants arriving in this, from
any foreign countiy. A man who has run the
gnantiet of Abolitionism, even to the violation
of his sacred, deliberate oath, is prepared for
whatever villany artful and ambitions politici
ans may conceive.—Abolitionism, one of those
stray waves of popular frenzy, upon which the
agitator attempted to ride, having spent its
course, he now mounts another, hoping thus to
reach the hoight of ambition. It is always thus
with artfol politicians."
It is bnt natural, perhaps, that the Georgian
shoald employ strong and bitter language to ex
press its opposition to that invisible and myste
rious order which is now spreading over the
land. Indeed, we should be surprised if our
cotemporaiy did not wage war—war to the
knife—against every member and eveiy tenet
of the American party. It should remember,
however, that “tbrice armed is he who has his
qoarrel just.”
Now, while we have no authority to speak
for the Kaow-Notbings, we foei it Ao be onr
duty, as an honest journalist, to defend them
against the charge of Abolitionism. The sim
ple fact, that Mr. Snmner presented the peti
tion in question, is no evidence whatever, that
he is a Know-Nothing, or that the Know-No
things of the North are Abolitionists. As a
Senator of Massachusetts, it was his duty to
present the petition of his constituents, wheth
er he agreed with them or not; and if, in doing
so, he did not dissent from the> viows of tbo
memorialists, it was, doubtless, becauso ho pos
sessed sufficient sagacity to see that it would
cost bim his seat in the Sonato if he did.
It is known that the Know-Notbings of Now
York are deadly hostile to Mr. Seward, and that
the Tribune, the recognised organ of abolition
ism, has stigmatizod the order for its Southern
tendencies. It is known also, that the Know-
Nothing Governor of Massachusetts is a silver
gray, or conservative of tbo Webster sohool,
and that his recent election was opposed by the
Fros-Soll party. Now, with theso admitted
facts before it, will the Georgian explain how
it is, that the Know-Nothings shoald oppose a
Freo-Soiler in Now York, and yet sympathise
with one in Massachusetts? Or will it inform
ns how they could oleet a national Whig Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, and still support a Free
Boiler in tho Senate? How cornea it, if tho
Know-Nothings ore abolitionists, that tho abo
litionists denounce them?
Tbo truth is, there is no reason to chargo tho
new order with the heresy of abolitionism.
On tho oontray, there is ground to believe it is
disposed to do justioo to the South; and wo sub
mit, that it is wrong for a southern journal to
villify tho order when it hns shown ovory dis
position to interpose its mysterious powor bo-
twoon us and tho advancing tide of Froosoilism.
Such a course, to say tho loast of it, is unjust to
the South.—Savannah Republican.
GENIUS.
Far out at sea tho sun was high *
While veer’d the wind that flapped the sail,
. Wo saw a snow whito butterfly
Dancing boforo the fitful galo—
For out at sea.
The little strangor, who bad lost
His way, of danger nothing knew,
Settled awhile upon the masts
That fluttered o’or tho water blue—
Far out at sea.
Above there gleamed the boundless sky,
Beneath, the boundless ocean sheen,
Botween them danced the butterfly,
The spirit lifo in this vast scene—
Far out at sea.
Away he sped, with skimmei ing glee,
Dim, Instinct, now seen, now gone—
Ni<rht comes with wind and rain, and be
I,o more shall danoo'before the moon—
Far ont at sea.
He dies unlike his mates I ween
Perhaps not sooner nor worso crossod; ' -
And he hath folt, and knew, and seen,
A larger life and hope, though lost—
Far out at sea.
[Dublin Univerity Magazine.
T7e obsorvo says the Monitor by the papers,
that in the course of one day la. t week, that
ubiquitous personage known as John Smith,
was arrested for an assault and battery in New
Orleans, was looked up for being intoxicated in
St. Louis, delivered a temperance lecture in
Cincinnati, embezzled the funds and eloped
with the daughter of his employer in New
England, in the evoning edified some of the
inhabitants in Boston with an orqtion upon
honesty, morality, wisdom and knowledge, and,
was next morning proscribed as a Know-Noth
ing by a portion of the New York press. It
has been ascertained that John is an Esquimaux
Indian. Ha made his first appearance on onr
shores a few weeks ago, in company with the
eaptotn of a Yankee whaler, who has spent
several winters in the arctic regions.
Despatches have been received at the Navy
Department from Consul Hopkins, at Paraguay,
announcing that President Lopes had taken
down the American flag, banished onr Consul,
and taken possession of the property of the
American company organized for the purpose of
navigating the Paraguay rivor. The President
had even gone so far as to order ail Americans
connected with the company ont of the coun
try, forbade American vessels of war to enter
the waters of Paraguay, and oblige the United
3tates Surveying expedition to suspend further
operations.
Mn Caznean, it appears, has sncceedod in
perfecting a project for a treaty between this
government and the republic of Dominica, des
pite the opposition of the representative of En
gland epd France, the former of whom, it is al-
oged, went so far as to threaten the allies so
soon as they had disposed of Russia, This be
ing the ease, it is scarcely probably they will
trouble us for some time to come.
The abolitionists of Massachusetts held a
State Convention in Boston last Thursday, and
adopted resolutions repudiating the Know No
things, and in favor of sustaining their own
party os a separate and independent organiza
tion. Charles T. Adams, Phillips snd other no
ted freyoilers, made speeches denunciatory of
the Know Nothings.
Four unsuccessful ballots for a United States
Senator, to succeed Gen. Dodge, have taken
place in the Iowa Legislature. The democrats
voted for Mr. Harlan. On the last ballot, Mr.
Harlan received one more vot e than Mr. Cook.
At an election held for municipal officers in
Chattanooga, last Thursday, E, G. Pearl, Esq.,
was elected Mayor. From the almost unani
mous vote given for the succesful candidates, it
is surmised that the Know-Nothings knew
something of what was going on.
RELIGION.
Whatever of excellence is wrought in the
soul Haelf, belongs to both worlds. Real good
ness does not attach itself merely to life; it
points to another world.
Polisical and professional fame connot last
forever, hat a conscience void of offence before
God and .man, is an inheritance for eternity.—
Religion, therefore, is a necessry, and almost
indispensable element in any human character.
There is no living without it- Religion is the
tie which connects man with his Creator, and
holds him to His throne.
If that tie issnndored or brokon, he.floats
away, a worthless in the universe; its proper at
tractions all gone, its destiny thwarted, and its
whole futare, nothing bat darkness, desolation
and death; A man with no sense of religions
dnty is he whom the Scriptures describe—in so
tereo- but terrific manner—as ’‘living without
God in the world.” Such a man is ont of his
proper being—ont of the circle of all his bap-
liness, and away, far away, from ihe purpose of
its creation.
[Daniel Webster.
[From the “Coiambus Times”]
A Paper without ant Subscribers.—The
Woodsawteil—This is the title of a new paper
just started in Crawford, Ala, devoted to “fun and
news in general, and advertising in particular.”
The Woodsawyer, we don't know his name,
opens with the following very witty remarks:
“Our terms are oue dollar per aanass, inevita
bly in advance. No one need expect to he' fas
vorod with a weekly view of onr cheerful phiz,
without first making a deposito of the needful
with th cashier. We speak thus independent
ly becanse we feel (as onr name implies) eminent
ly independent. We did'nt evpect to get many
subscribers, when we fiirst thought of this under
taking, for we knew the people of this county
well—that they were a bard-hearted and stiff
necked generation, much given to the worship
of strande gods; and that they would rather
send ton dollars of their money any time, to
swell the hoards of yankee humbuggors, than
give one dime to a poor printer at their door,
who strives and straggles and starves, solely for
their benefit No, no: we entertained no sneh
utopian expectations. We were in possession
of the materials for publishing a paper, and we
determined to establish a publication on such a
basis that it would be alfle to get along without
any subscribers, This we believe is the only
footing on which a newspaper can stand firmly
in this oonnty; it most be as independent of
subscribers as a duck is of an umbrella."
The remains of Gen. Robert Armstrong, lato
mblisher and proprietor of the Washington
nion, were intered with imposing ceremonies
at Nashville last Monday.
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Extraordinary Suicide.—On Tuesday of
last week, one of the prisoners in the New Jer
sey State Prison, who was insane, committed
suicide by cutting or breaking the steam pipe
which passed throngh his oell, and inhaling the
steam. He was heard making considerable
noise about 11 o’clock, and at 12 was found
dead.
Col. Dent.—We regret to learn that the
health of onr h epresentative in Congress from
this District, CoL W. B. W. Dent, is very poor
at present He has not yet been able to take
his seat in the House this Session, and it is quite
doubtful whether his health will permit him to
visit Washington at all daring the present ses
sion of Congress.—Atlanta paper.
MORAL,
Yero is an olde storye,
' Been oftenn heardo tolde;
Yatt a manno to learae wiodome
Is novor too olde.
Ye truthe off ye proverbe
Mayo some folks deaorye:
“ Yutt itt always is boste
Toe lettsleepynge doggs lye!"
Mcroered !—James P. Isbel killed Jacob
Cline on the night of the 24th of December last,
in this county, by shooting him with a shot gun
—the wbofe load antering his side, from whioh
he died in a very fovr minutes. Isabel is now
As tho matter will
we forbear any
^gJ*Having boon so badly boatenin our Mu
nicipal election on Monday last, by the Know
Nothings, we are in no hnmor for writing; eon-
aoqncntiy onr readers must excuse us for tho
scantiness of odit : rial this wook."—N. Georgia.
Times. _
It is stated that the Panama Railroad will
bo open from Ocean to Ocean, in the month of
January next.
^grProf. J .Milton Sanders, a well known
ohemist, has been sont to the Tennoeseo peniten
tiary from Memphis for throo years. His orimo
was tampering with slaves.
^sa-Tho messago of tho Governor of South
Carolina recommonds the abrogation of the usu
ry laws of tho State. '
The Mails.—The Mail difficulty has been
satisfactorily arranged. Tbo Railroad will re
sume tho carrying of the mails on Friday. Tho
Department cannot concentrate their Mail
Agents before that day. The cars will leave
Angusta at half past six in the morning ; ar
rive at Augusta at four o’clock In tho aftornoon
and half past four in tho morning.—Chronicle
<b Sentinel
LATE FROM EUROPE.
Telegraphed for the Chronicle and Sentinel.
ARRIVAL OF
THEi
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BALTIC.
Naturalization Statistics.—During the
year 180-1, the namborof foreigners naturalised
in Now York city was 3163. Strange to say,
there is in Phtiadelahia no way of finding ont
how many persons are naturalized. A year ago
we directed ono of our reporters to make inqui
ries at tho offico of the proper Court, but bo
was informed that no record was kept of the
number.—Ex.
Russ f as Sympathy.—A public meeting bos
been called in New Orleans to get up a sub
scription for tbo relief of the widows and or
phans of the Russian soldiers hilled in the'
int war. It is beaded “Russian Patriotic
md.” t
A Monster Hog.—The Cambridge (Md.)
Democrat states the Samuel Pattiison, Esq., of
that county, killed a hog, last week, 28 months
old which weighed 815 pounds.^
Mr. Beardsley, of Albany, N. Y. has succee
ded in manufacturing good newspaper from
basswood, He says that he isconfident’tbathe
ean make better paper than this from Spruce,
Cedar and some other woods. The experiment
seems to be a triumph in invention, and seems
to inaugurate a revolution in the manufacture
and price of paper.
JtSS* Within the last two weeks three of the
theatres in New York have shut op on aeconnt
of the hardness of the times—theNational thea
tre, and last Ntblo*8, one of the‘most popular
places of amusement in the city.
^Sfethe Surpromo Court of Georgia; began
its session in Savanab, on Monday lut, all the
Judges in attendance, and MrWm. H. Hull, of
Athens, in the absence of Mr. Cobb, acting as
Reporter for the r term.
Thb Mosquito Expedition.—It is started that
1,000 men hare voluntored to go on the Mos
quito expedition, and the 20th of February next
is fixed' as the day of departure.
(any yonng men are preparing to join
Capt. Finney's expedition to Costa Rica. It is
said (hat,each volunteer will receive a bounty of
$50 in advance. It is reported that a certain
volunteer Captain in the Mexican war, is rectnr
iting in Washington.
A CONUNDRUM VERSIFIED.
WRITTEN nr A young lady's ALB UK.
“Why’s D like montage V* ask’d the sudd,
Whose love to me Is plighted;
I blushed, of course* and hung my bead,
While she seem’d quite—delighted
"Come! answer me," continued she,
"And don’t be long about it!
Yon stupid ninny, don’t yon see—
We cant be wed without it!"
' ; [Pic.
Thb Mississippi .-’panned.—Tbe Minneapo
lis snpension bi idge across the Mississippi l iver,
above the falls of St. Anthony, has at length
been completed, and the waters of tbe mighty'
river are spanned for the first time by a struc
ture of iron and wood. The last floor beam of
the bridge was laid upon the 5th nit, and the
occasion was one of pride and rejoicing to the
inhabitants on the different banks of the
stroant The dimensions of the bridge are as
follows: The length of span is 520 feet,; verti
cal deflection of cables, 47 feet, which are fonr
in number, and each composed of 500 strands'
of No. 10 charcoal-iron wire. The width of
the platform, inside of parapets; i? 17 feet;
distance between suspending rods, 3 feet 9 in
ches.—eat;
Core por Palpitation.—A lady abont for
ty years old says the Journal of Health, who
has suffered severely, from periodical attach^
of palpitation of the heart, from the age of
twelve years, has found immediate and perma
nent re lief from the nse of soda water. It ap
pears from experiments since made, that carbo
nic acid gas is the acaqe curative agent.—Sci
entific American.
Immortality.
pright things can never die,
E’en though they fade ;
Beauty and minstrelsy '
Deathless were made.
Sweet fancies never die, *
They leave behind
Some fair legacy
Stored in the mind. *
[R'c.
A yonng Roman Catholic, has been ex-com
municated in the Papal States for having marri
ed a Jewess.
The Rnsian'papers remark, that the day of
the disembarkation of tho Allies in the Crimea,
(the Ilth of September) was precisely the anni-
versaty of the arrival df the French at Moscow
in 1812. The deductions they build on the fact
are easy to comprehend.
’The number of languages spoken in the world,
amounts to three thousand and sixty-four. The
inhabitants of the globe profess more,than one
thousand different religions.
. Tbay have .come to soloing shoes with cedar
shingles—veneering the wood with a piece of
poor sheepskin. *
Tho St Paul papers say that not less than
twenty five thousand actual settlers have pitched
their tents in Minesota Territory daring the
past season.
Ottawa, the name of a prosperous city in Illi
nois, is an Indian word, meaning “ear.”
A ferry-boat is about to be 'constructed in
San Francisco, which is to be propelled by ro-
tary engines, supplied, with condensed air.
| (The new surveys of the public lands in Ore
gon and Washington Territories bring to light
extensive mines of coal and other minerals. For
agricnlraral purposes, these lands are not sur
passed.
The whole cost of the capital at Washington
including the great extention, is nearly seven
millions and three-quarters.
A newspaper devoted to the propagation of
the doctrines of the Latter-Day Saints,^is abont
to be established in New York.
A nomlierof the most influential Mexicans,
resident in Lower California, are preparing to
revolutionize the Province, and assert their in
dependence of Mexico.
Muggins observed on the door of a house, the
namo of a physician and surgeon, and remarked
that it put him in mind of a double-barreled
B n, for if one missed the other was sure to
L”
A yonng man fell into the rives near New
Orleans, recently, and was immediately rescued
by an alligator, who very considerable swallow
ed him.
"Is the eoel on!” asked an impatlont passen-
; who wondered at the boat’s delay. “No,
s only semi-colon!” was tho appropriate re
joinder of an absent-minded bystander, and
there was a silence for a period. -
Indiana Rejoicing.—The election of Jesse
0. Bright, of Indiana, to tho presidency of the
U. S, Senate, caqped the firing of a salute of 100
guns at Madison, Ind.
Consolidated Brooklyn has for it's first May.
or, the Hon. George Hall, who more than twon-
ty years ago was elected Mayor of the city whon
it was first incorporated.
Damaged Bread stuffs.—It is stated that
the loss of soar flour and damaged core in the
United States equals the sum of $5,000,000 an
nually.
A Catholic Emeute has occurred at Detroit,
the particulars of whioh are somewhat obsoure.
Eclipses in the Year 1855.—Tfiere will be
this year four eclipses, two of the son, and two
of the moon.
The first, a total eclipse of the moon, May 1st,
at ten o'clock, 58 minutes in the evening, visi
ble.
The second, a partial oclipse of the sun, May
19, at 0 o’olook 9 minutes in tho evoning—invis
ible hero; only visible towards tho north pole,
Greenland, and the North part of North Amer
ica, latitude 60 and 61.
The third, a total eolipse of the moon, Octo
ber 25th, at 2 o’clock 35 minutes in the morn
ing, visible.
The fourth, a partial eolipse of tho sun, No
vember 9, at 2 o’clock 59 minutes in tho after
noon ; invisible here and only visible at the
south polo.
gen
it’s <
The Steamer Baltic has arrived with ono
week’s later news from Europe.
LIVERPOOL MARKET.
Liverpool, Dec. 30.—Cotton—Sales of the-
week 26,000 boles, of which speculators took
1,000. Tho demand was fair, but prices lower,
chierflyon the fair qualities. Fair Orleans
Middling Jd.; Fair Upland 5|, Middling
Flour and Corn unchanged.
Beef and Lard unchanged. Pork advanced
Is.
Consols 91i to 91f. American Securities are
very active, especially Virginia Bonds. The
Bullion in the Bank of England had increased
£108.090.
POLITICAL.
The chief event of tho week is Napoleon's
speech to the Legislature, which is very war
like in tone, and makes no mention of any hope
of peace, and conclndes with asking a loan of
five hundred million of franks, which was unan
imously voted.
An important meetingof the Representative?
of the Five Powers has been held at Vienna—
the result has not transpired.
Affairs before Sevastopol are nnchangocL.
The Russians continue to make sorties, three*
from the city and one from the harbor:
The Allies have received 18,900 reinforce—
me;.ta. Weather more favorable.
No change in the attitude of Austria or Prus
sia.
The British foreign enlistment bill has be
come a law.
Parliament adjourned.
Chloroform Counteracted.—Dr. Robert do
Lambelle, a distinguished physician of Paris
announces that a shock elects of chloroform,
immediately counteracts its influence, and re
turns the sufferer to life.
“The glorious news has reached ns,” says
the Freemon’s Journal (Roman Catholic) 'of
New York, “that on tbo 8th of December,
1 ope Pius IX, of immortal renown, in presence
of tbeoardinals and princes of the church, de
clared it an article of divine faith, that the
Mother of God, our Most Blessed Lady, was
™n? C /■ ,!*£ .without the guilt of original sin.”
The following is the dispatch received by the
Universe, of Paris, by telegraph:
_ B Vienna, Dec. 10,1854.
The Pope, officiating at SL Petert, hag pro-
mnlgated, after the Gospel (at 11 o’clock,) the
expected deciee. The Immaculate Conception
is declared the faith of the Church, and who
ever denies it is a heretic.
Two hundred Bishops were present. Never
has such'a multitude been seen. Rome is in
toxicated with joy.
The Wife of Mr. Jos. Little, of Arnold, Maifie,.
recently made her husband a present of three
Littles at one birth. “Every little helps.”
Dobbs says that he marks his hogs all differ
ently from other people, and can tell them as
farashecan see them. He cats three pieces off
their tails, while others ent but one.
A sentimental chap in Rhode Island intends
to petition Congress for an appropriation so that
henceforth, the “Course of tree lore may run
smoothe.”
The Southern Era notices the marriage of Mr.
John H. Strange to Miss Elizabeth Strange, alL
of Albemarle county—an event that is very
strange, but says no donbt the next event in
conrse will be a little strenger.
An Ancient Pichest—Alchohol was first
invented and used to stain the eheeks of tho
ladies of Arabia, n>ne hundred and fifty years,
ago. Xow-a-days, it performs the same office
for gentlemen’s noses.
The Maine Liquor Law in Connecticut.
—Ajjfriend just returned from Connecticut
where tbe Maine Liquor Law is supposed to be
rigidly enforced, s.*y3 that there is plenty oF
spirits to be had if yoa a:e only wide awake*
.Men go a round the small towns peddling spirit
levellers, which contain from a pint to a gallon
of brandy, according to size. It is not against
tbe law yet to sell these useful articles, though
you shall not use them for the purpose osten-*
siblydesignated. .Where will the cuteness of”
the yankees end. ? ’
The slave trade continues to flourish in Cuba.
There have boen ib-ee or four slave csrt,oea
landed recenly at dfiersuit parts of uie island.
Great distress ft said to preva" ’a Nashville,
in consequence of uie nn-uralieled scarcity of
coaL
V
HYMENEAL.
Madf.ted, In Scriven County, on the mor
ning of the 9th Jen., by the Rev. Wm. Cooper,
Mr. WM. JOHNSON, of Rome, Ga., to Miss.
VIRGINIA POWERS, daughter of Maj. C.
Powers, late of Effingham county.
DIED
At the Residence of her son-in-law Major
Armstead ■ Richardson, in Floyd county, on the
evening of the 7th January, 1855, Mrs. MARY
LLOYD, Relict of Benjamin Lloyd, a soldier
of the Revolution. Mrs. Loyd was the daugh
ter of John Morel, ahd Marion Boneqnin his
wife, and was born in Savannah on the 14th
day of February, J 737; being at the time of
her death in the 94th year of her age. At the
close of the Revolutionary War, she was mars
ried to Benjamin Lloyd, who, while a mere
youth, had engaged with his brother Edward
in the cause of his countiy, and served through
the waras a Lieutenant of Artillery. For sera
vices thus rendered, Congress granted a pension
to his widow, which she enjoyed from the year
1S$8 to the close of her life. Tlfus has passed
from us another of those beloved lingerers who
have linked onr time, with the hallowed days
of a glorious national youth. She had lived to
the ntmost term of human life, and witnessed
with a fond and grateful heart, in the towering
greatness of her liberated country, the fruition
of every hope which had animated the heart of
theyonng soldier to whom she had bound her
life. Full of years, the object of respect to all,
and of devoted affection to her domestic circle,
her declining years cheered and sustained by
the gushing fountain of a daughter’s passionate
love (the last remaining of her children) she
sunk to her rest without disease and without
suffering, and her happy spirit leaving its
earthly and decayed tenement has rejoined the
loved companions who one by one during nearly
a century had left her for the eternal home.
She came into lifo at a time of trouble, and
her journey was marked by many sorrows.
These trials were all borne with calm resig
nation, and Christian fortitude, and stamped
her character with a gentle beauty, deepening
its marks as her years lengthened. She evin
ced no terror at the approach of death who
made himself familiar to her for many weeks.
She had lived so long, that she knew what life
is, and so blamelessly, that she feared not, the
life to come. She rather longed to behold that
eternal light which streams alone through the
gate of death, and was tilled with the hop.» that
for her was near tho fulfilment of that
promised by tho Saviour, “Blessed aro
in heart, for they shall see God.”
Her remains lie by the side of those of her
beloved son, John F. Lloyd in the bnrying
ground of Cave Spring. The loving daughter
she has loft, tho last of her Father’s household,
mourns her bereavement with bitter anguish.
But she will remember, that though the mother
cannot come to her, she can go where that
mother has gone before. She will find consola
tion in a verse of that hymn which was on her
mother’s lips in her dying hours.
“We are travelling home to God,
In the way onr fathers trod
They are happy now, and we
Soon their happinoss shall see.”
In this oity on the 2d inst, of Pneumonia,
Miss MARY E. JACK—aged 57 years.
On the Gth inst., at his Father’s residence,
Homewood, (near Rome) WM. LUCAS HUME
—aged 15 years, 2 months and 9 days.
" Oot. 25th,—At Chesterfield in his 68thyear,
James Roe Rogers, retired revenua officer. Ha
was tbe son of the late Rev. James and Hester
Ann Rogers. For thirty-five years he was a
useful and oonstant member of the Methodist
connection. He was present with his parents
at the death of the late venerable John We-ley,
and was the last survivor of the party who wit^
nessed that impressive scene."